Battle of Bentonville

Battle of Bentonville. Battle plan for March 19, 1865

The Harper House on today's Bentonville Battlefield (2015)

The Battle of Bentonville was named after a village in the US state of North Carolina , west of Goldsborough . From March 19 to 21, 1865, shortly before the end of the American Civil War , there were bloody skirmishes between the troops of the Union under General Sherman with a strength of about 60,000 men and the remnants of the Tennessee Army under Johnston with 20,000 Soldiers instead.

In this battle, from which the Northern States emerged victorious, Sherman lost 1,646 of his soldiers. 3,092 soldiers died in Johnston's army.

Since February 1970, the battlefield has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Bentonville Battleground State Historic Site . In June 1996, it was granted National Historic Landmark status.

literature

• Nathaniel Hughes: Bentonville. The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston . ISBN 0807822817 (English)
• Mark L. Bradley: Battle of Bentonville. Last Stand in the Carolinas . ISBN 1882810023 (English)

Web links

Commons : Battle of Bentonville  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Brief description of the battle
• Measures to maintain the battlefield

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bentonville Battleground State Historic Site on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 3, 2020.
2. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: North Carolina. National Park Service , accessed February 3, 2020.